On Sat, 23 Dec 2000 15:05:55 -0500, L.D. Best wrote:
> Sam,
> The theory may be grossly flawed. An attempt to install sys on an
> already formatted bootable HDD would be expected to result in a "Wrong
> DOS version" message [or at least I would hope so].
L.D.,
You don't "install" SYS on the HDD. When you boot to a floppy and enter
the command "A:>SYS C:", this will transfer the operating system files
from A: to C:, provided of course that you have on your floppy a copy of
SYS.COM from the same DOS version as the system files on the floppy.
After you have performed the step described above, your HDD will boot to
the same DOS version as installed on your floppy.
No, I assure you that you cannot get "wrong version" errors as long as you
don't try to run any of the DOS utilities that still remain on the hard
drive from your old version. For example, you can have two distinct DOS
directories on the same hard drive, one named DOS500 and another named
DOS330. You can modify AUTOEXEC.BAT as appropriate, so as to set your path
variable to "PATH=C:\;C:\DOS500" or "PATH=C:\;C:\DOS330". There would be
no possibility of getting "wrong version" errors as long as you do not
attempt to run the wrong version DOS utilities. I know. I do this kind of
thing all the time to see which DOS version works best for me, depending on
which applications I am running. I just want to know if you can switch the
operating system files back and forth on the HDD for a WIN 95 installation
as readily as you can switch around operating system files for various
"straight-up" DOS versions. The version of DOS that comes with WIN 95
differs in many respects from the "straight-up" varieties of DOS.
The WIN 95 DOS version is not "straight-up". It lacks vigor. It is a
Micro-Softened and flacid one. You can't do anything with it.
Sam
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